hdfs fsck command issue

CDH_MY_SG — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:49:47 GMT

When i run hdfs fsck -list-corruptfileblocks it is saying super user privilege is required .I am logged in as root user .Any idea what could be the reason .

hdfs fsck -list-corruptfileblocks

Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED
FSCK ended at Wed Mar 25 19:42:40 SGT 2015 in 0 milliseconds
Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED
FSCK ended at Wed Mar 25 19:42:40 SGT 2015 in 0 milliseconds
Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED
FSCK ended at Wed Mar 25 19:42:40 SGT 2015 in 1 milliseconds
Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED
FSCK ended at Wed Mar 25 19:42:40 SGT 2015 in 0 milliseconds
Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED
FSCK ended at Wed Mar 25 19:42:40 SGT 2015 in 0 milliseconds
Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED
FSCK ended at Wed Mar 25 19:42:40 SGT 2015 in 1 milliseconds
Access denied for user root. Superuser privilege is required
Fsck on path '/' FAILED

Re: hdfs fsck command isse

Harsh J — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:04:40 GMT

The superuser for HDFS is 'hdfs' in CDH installations. Please run the
command as the 'hdfs' user instead.

Re: hdfs fsck command isse

syamsri — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:53:46 GMT

command :

sudo -u hdfs hdfs fsck -list-corruptfileblocks

For deleting corrupted files :

sudo -u hdfs hdfs fsck / -delete

Thanks.

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